This perennial herb has a slender spreading reddish stems that form a prostrate habit. It has a light green rounded fleshy leaves in rosettes and the small white star-shaped flowers appear in clusters above the foliage during spring.

Hardiness zones 7 to 9

Sedum nevii is naturally found in North America from Alabama to Tennessee, growing in dry rocky places in well drained moderately fertile sandy-stony soils that are tending alkaline.

It prefers an open sunny position and is drought tolerant and moderately frost hardy.

This prostrate Stonecrop is grown for its spreading habit and attractive foliage. It is planted in small or succulent gardens as a ground cover or used in rockeries as a spill-over. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions establishing in one season from division and is planted in patio pots or tubs, requiring little care once established. It is also used in roof gardens, tolerating exposed sunny positions. ID 3124

Sedum(SAY-dum) nevii (NEE-vee-eye)

Crassulaceae(krass-yoo-LAY-see-ee)
Stonecrops and Houseleakes